12/26/11 Blazers vs Sixers Game Thread.......

[RoyToy]

Sure ... 'cause when I look back on this night the one word I'm going to think of when I consider LA's game is "terrible."

Go for it

 

[Mediocre Man]

I told a friend to take Philly and the points this morning though. Let's see how much money I would have made or lost

 

[RoyToy]

I told a friend to take Philly and the points this morning though. Let's see how much money I would have made or lost

Good for Pizza Guy

 

[Mediocre Man]

Wow, hundreds of thousands of dollars won or lost by a toenail

 

[Mediocre Man]

Good for Pizza Guy

Pizza guy doesn't bet. That is frowned upon by.....Dominoes

 

[Mediocre Man]

That is a three IMO

 

[B-Roy]

Why back off on Lou?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Blazers win!

Lakers lose!

Life is good!

 

[RoyToy]

Good win vs a good team

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Undefeated!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Whoohoo. The spread and the over. Great night for some.

Great win by the Blazers. Philly always gives us fits

 

[B-Roy]

I'm glad we don't play Philly again. They always make a tough game.

 

[illmatic99]

Lou and Iggy were hitting some ridiculous threes in that fourth quarter. Felton's decision making late looked weak.

Woulda liked to see more of Nic.

 

[XXPrimusXX]

18-0

 

[illmatic99]

And Camby was tremendous.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

Crawford 50%, 14/4/4/4, zero turnovers, 66% three point shooting. Obviously wont happen every night, but great contribution tonight.

 

[magnifier661]

Great win!

 

[KingSpeed]

Lame game thread. Only 8 pages, bickering about trading our second best player while he's beasting, MM criticizing Nate (yawn), the if we're not guaranteed a title this year why even try lament. Tedious and not fun. Go Blazers. Great win.

 

[magnifier661]

I posted the averages on the poll. I will give everyone a week to fill in the poll and it will shut down.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Crawford 50%, 14/4/4/4, zero turnovers, 66% three point shooting. Obviously wont happen every night, but great contribution tonight.

I thought this was the most exciting thing from the win tonight. Philly's wing guys play tough D and JC played well.

 

[Sinobas]

Felton really choked at the end with his silly turnovers and missing at the FT line. I hope it doesn't become a trend. This Blazer team displayed the same problem the prior versions have, they can't put teams away.

 

[KingSpeed]

Felton really choked at the end with his silly turnovers and missing at the FT line. I hope it doesn't become a trend. This Blazer team displayed the same problem the prior versions have, they can't put teams away.

We did put the team away. They lost. Ask Philly. They're the ones that didn't put US away.

 

[Sinobas]

We did put the team away. They lost. Ask Philly. They're the ones that didn't put US away.

I think you've been following the NBA long enough to know what it means to "put someone away".

 

[ABM]

I think you've been following the NBA long enough to know what it means to "put someone away".

This Sixers team has been playing together quite a long time. With only two pre-season games under their collective belts, I think the Blazers deserve a bit more time before we start labeling them.

 

[mook]

I thought Portland did put them away. When you have a 15 point lead in the fourth, you've pretty much done the job of putting them away. Unless they make an insane number of three pointers. Which is what they did. If the other team makes a ridiculous number of three pointers, it's basically impossible to put them away.

I don't think Portland gave up anything. The Sixers clawed their way back into it. They earned the right to hold their heads up with a close loss instead of the blowout they were headed for.

 

[Sinobas]

I thought Portland did put them away. When you have a 15 point lead in the fourth

Then you also do not know what the term means. The cut the lead to 3 late in the game and had a chance to send it to OT. That is not "putting a team away".

Putting a team away means that you end the game with a comfortable lead and they don't have a realistic shot to win.

 

[illmatic99]

I'm surprised Collins didn't use Vucevic at all. That guy was playing well in Europe during the lockout

 

[THE HCP]

Haha! This place never changes. Nice 1-0 start by my boys. Would have liked to have seen LA play a little less and Nic play a little more though.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

We won't be able to sustain such heavy minutes from our starters like we did tonight. Eventually our bench will need to step it up. For an opening night game, I'm glad to see that write came out with the W.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Felton really choked at the end with his silly turnovers and missing at the FT line. I hope it doesn't become a trend. This Blazer team displayed the same problem the prior versions have, they can't put teams away.

Totally agree; tough loss tonight. These games count for more because there are fewer. I really hate to say it but I'm afraid we'll be 0-2 by theirs time tomorrow. You can kiss HCA goodbye after that.